Notification of Assay Change: CA19-9

In light of the recent merger between Heart of England Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Birmingham, and in order to consolidate the tests we provide as a trust, CA19-9 samples will now be analysed at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital pathology laboratory.

There is no change to specimen handling instructions or reference ranges. Serum separator tubes (SST) is the recommended sample type.

For further information please do not hesitate to contact us:
Duty Biochemist: Telephone: 01214242193 or Bleep: 2506

Protection of Personal Information – Laboratory Medicine comply with the Trust Data Protection Policy and have procedures in place to allow the Directorate and it’s employees to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 and associated best practice and guidance.

The Trust Laboratories at Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital were awarded UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accreditation to the internationally recognised ISO 15189 standard in May 2015. For a list of accredited tests and other information please visit the test database http://www.heftpathology.com/frontpage/test-database.html.Tests not appearing on this scope are either under consideration or in the process of accreditation and so currently remain outside of our scope of accreditation. However, these tests have been validated to the same high standard as accredited tests and are performed by the same trained and competent staff.